Evervault Node.js SDK
The Evervault Node.js SDK is a toolkit for encrypting data as it enters your server, and working with Cages. By default, initializing the SDK will result in all outbound HTTPS requests being intercepted and decrypted.
Getting Started
Before starting with the Evervault Node.js SDK, you will need to create an account and a team.
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Documentation
See the Evervault Node.js SDK documentation.
Installation
Our Node.js SDK is distributed via npm, and can be installed using your preferred package manager.
npm install --save @evervault/sdk
yarn add @evervault/sdk
Setup
To make Evervault available for use in your app:
const Evervault = require('@evervault/sdk');
const evervaultClient = new Evervault('<API-KEY>');
const encrypted = await evervaultClient.encrypt({ ssn: '012-34-5678' });
const result = await evervaultClient.run('<CAGE_NAME>', encrypted);
Reference
The Evervault Node.js SDK exposes three functions.
evervault.encrypt()
evervault.encrypt()
encrypts data for use in your Cages. To encrypt data at the server, simply pass an object or string into the evervault.encrypt() function. Store the encrypted data in your database as normal.
async evervault.encrypt(data: Object | String);
Parameter | Type | Description |
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data | Object or String | Data to be encrypted. |
evervault.run()
evervault.run()
invokes a Cage with a given payload.
async evervault.run(cageName: String, payload: Object[, options: Object]);
Parameter | Type | Description |
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cageName | String | Name of the Cage to be run |
data | Object | Payload for the Cage |
options | Object | Options for the Cage run |
Cage Run Options
Options to control how your Cage is run
Option | Type | Default | Description |
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async | Boolean | false | Run your Cage in async mode. Async Cage runs will be queued for processing. |
version | Number | undefined | Specify the version of your Cage to run. By default, the latest version will be run. |
evervault.cagify()
evervault.cagify()
lets you deploy and run ordinary Node.js functions as Cages, inline.
This function will automatically deploy a function as a Cage and return a native async Node.js function that accepts the original parameters, but which invokes a Cage when run.
Note: evervault.cagify()
is a synchronous function and will block your event loop if no cage-lock.json file is present for the Caged functions.
evervault.cagify(cageName: String, cageFunction: Function);
Parameter | Type | Description |
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cageName | String | Name of the Cage to be run |
cageFunction | Function | The function to deploy as a Cage |
Disable interception on requests to specific domains
You may pass in an array of domains which you don’t want to be intercepted, i.e. requests sent to these domains will not be intercepted, and hence not decrypted. This array is passed in the ignoreDomains
option.
const evervaultClient = new Evervault('<API-KEY>', {
ignoreDomains: ['httpbin.org', 'facebook.com'],
});
Disable interception on all requests
To disable all outbound requests being decrypted, you may set the intercept
option to false
when initializing the SDK.
const evervault = new Evervault('<API-KEY>', { intercept: false });
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/evervault/evervault-node.
Feedback
Questions or feedback? Let us know.